Eight children are still missing after gunmen raided an unregistered orphanage in Nigeria’s north-central Kogi State and kidnapped 23, authorities have said. Kogi’s information commissioner Kingsley Fanwo said 15 children were rescued due to the “prompt and coordinated response” of security agencies. Sunday’s attack also saw the owner of the facility taken, he added. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but security sources say the state has a functional Boko Haram cell, and that there have been several violent attacks in the area. Nigeria is also grappling with a kidnap crisis in many parts of the country, with…
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Brighton & Hove Museums is set to return 45 cultural artefacts to Botswana as part of a partnership between two museums. The return is believed to be the first substantial return of its kind from a UK museum and it follows a 2022 repatriation claim by the Khama III Memorial Museum in Serowe. The objects include a collection of clothing, accessories, hunting implements and domestic items acquired by Rev William Charles Willoughby in the 1890s. Portia Tremlett, curator at Brighton & Hove Museums, said: “This repatriation represents an important step in reconnecting these artefacts with the communities, histories and knowledge…
By Rédaction Africanews with Agencies Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis received a warm welcome in Tripoli on Monday as he arrived for talks with his Libyan counterpart, Taher al-Baour. Top of the agenda was the massive rise in migrants reaching Greece from eastern Libya, something Athens wants Tripoli to do more to control. The ministers stressed the need for a comprehensive approach based on burden-sharing, enhanced security, and training programs, Libyan officials said. They discussed ways to expand cooperation in strategic sectors, including energy, infrastructure and maritime transport. “In addition to discussing the very important issue for Libya and the…
By Rédaction Africanews and AFP Hundreds of members of Mali’s diaspora gathered in Montreuil, near Paris, on Monday in a show of support for the country’s ruling junta. Mali was hit by coordinated nationwide attacks over the weekend after jihadist militants joined forces with separatist rebels. “We can’t stay indifferent [to the current unrest in Mali]. We have brothers, sisters, mothers, and relatives over there,” said Dalla Drame, President of the High Council of Malians in France. “So we felt that, while it’s true that we’re on the other side of the Mediterranean, the best way for us to show…
By Rédaction Africanews with AP The Gharib Allah Sufi mosque in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, was on the frontline of the country’s civil war for almost two years. It has been open for over a century and despite the danger, has never stopped servicing the neighbourhood, except for two weeks in 2025. Heavy fighting in the area forced its brief closure for safety reasons, but it soon reopened to offer assistance to the many people in need. “This mosque was the shelter, the hospital, it was the safe place that people came to. That is why we made sure the…
By Rédaction Africanews and AP It was one of the largest coordinated attacks in Mali in recent years, as armed groups launched assaults across the capital, Bamako, and several other key locations. Government officials confirmed that at least 16 people were injured in the attacks, which targeted both civilian and military sites. Malian government spokesperson Issa Ousmane Coulibaly said the violence unfolded on the morning of 25 April 25, describing it as a “complex and coordinated” operation. The attacks struck multiple garrison towns, including Kati, Sévaré, Gao, and Kidal. According to officials, the injured, both civilians and military personnel, are…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP A Kenyan appeals court on Friday overturned a landmark ruling that established access to abortion as a fundamental right. Kenya is a deeply Christian country where abortions are legal but still taboo, pushing hundreds of thousands of women and girls towards backstreet clinics that put their lives in danger. The Centre for Reproductive Rights, an international NGO, says seven Kenyan women die every day from unsafe abortions, and many face extortion by police due to uncertainty around the law. Kenya’s 2010 constitution allows for abortions if the “life or health of the mother is in danger,” but the country’s…
By Rédaction Africanews and AP Fresh fighting has erupted in Kidal, where Tuareg rebels backed by jihadists are clashing with government forces supported by Russian mercenaries. The violence follows coordinated nationwide attacks, including explosions and sustained gunfire in Bamako, highlighting a worsening security situation. Fresh fighting erupted Sunday in the key Malian town of Kidal between Tuareg rebels backed by jihadists and government forces supported by Russian mercenaries, a day after insurgents launched coordinated strikes across the restive Sahel nation. Tuareg rebels of the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) coalition on Saturday had said they had seized the northern city of…
South Africa’s engineering and construction sector employs over 1.36 million people, making it one of the largest employers in the country. Yet this sector has been under sustained pressure for nearly a decade, with consequences that have fundamentally reshaped how risks emerge and materialise on construction sites. This is according to Nathan Barker, Head of Engineering at Western National Insurance, who says that the industry’s nine consecutive years of declining output have driven riskier behaviour on sites, increasing both the frequency and complexity of claims. “As projects slow down or are cancelled, we typically see more aggressive bidding, reduced supervision…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Environmentalists have long urged finding cleaner alternatives to oil and gas. Now, as the war in the Middle East drives up prices, the need to find other sources of energy is increasingly urgent. In N’djamena, the capital of Chad, so-called ‘green coal’ is already on the market. “I use eco-friendly charcoal because, first of all, it doesn’t smoke; second, it lasts a long time—especially the burn time—and it’s economical,” says Sophie Saboura, a resident of the country’s capital, N’Djamena. “And I’ve noticed it doesn’t blacken the pot either, and there aren’t even any side effects.…